The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-17
The PRESIDENTS Life.
HOW THINGS KEEP MOVING IN
SIDE THE WHITE HOUSE.
President Cleveland q Busy Man
Never Free From Interruption
Until the Lights are Out.

MUM ilht tnbt Oh any hCtlNe pusi-
ness man having large and important
interests committed to him. There
is difference, however, in the fact
that Mr.. Cleye md does an amount
efwork much ID excess Of that per-
formed by the average first class
business man. The Presidents whole
indoor life is under one roof. He
transacts all the affairs of this great
nation which come under his juris-
diction separated only by few feet
from the apartments where he eats,
sleeps, or is supposed to enjoy his
rest. The busy man who has an i'm
mense manufacturing establishment,
great railroad, bank, or any other
large interests in his hands, no mat
ter how engrossed he may be or how
much time he devotes, finds at last
the hour when the door of the
counting room or the Office is closed,
upon him. and he can 60 home
home not infrequently miles away,
where business and business cares
can be shut out and the tired brain
can solace itself in the lighter and
attractive joys which cluster around
the home which is free from iuva-
sion. Not SO with the President.
He is never free from interruption
until his head is on his pillow, the
lights are out, and the doors barred.
President Cleveland has from his
earliest manhood been methodical,
and mis- habits enable him to get
through an amount Of business that
is almost incredible. He took to
Albany the business ideas which
marked his administration Of the
Office Of Mayor OF Buffalo, and he
brought those same ideas from AL
bany TO Washington. He will ad-
dress himself to matters which were
never considered by any Of his pre-
decessors, Of this generation at least,
and he gives Of his valuable time to
public audiences which afford an OPP
porsunity to the masses OF the people
70 come into contact with the Chief
Executive never heretofore enjoyed
by them. 1t is his systematic ar
rangement OF time and labor which
enables him to do this. He Is an
early riser. At $50 o'clock in the
winter, and often before that in the
summer, ho is sitting at his break
fast table. He spends no more time
at the table than is necessary for a
proper digestion Of his food, and
o'clock always finds him in his Office.
From 9 to 10 o'clock he is rather
rigorous concerning the exclusion oil
visitors, for this is the only hour iu
the day when he can have an
uninterrupted interview with hii
able aud accomplished private
secretary, Col. Lamont. The Presi
dent spends this hour going ovel
his personal letters and such
other matters as the morning
mails have brought which are deemet
Of sufficient importance 70 reluir,
his personal attention and direction
He is very fortunate in having a sec
rotary OF such rare judgment an,
discrimination as Col. Lamont, 10
this sensibly lessons his labors
Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays
from 10 until o'clock, aud from Il
o'clock until noon on Tuesdays an,
Thursdays, he receives all person
who have or who think they hav
business to present. la the order o
reception precedence is given I
Cabinet members, heads Of bureau
and members OF Congress. In th
course Of one week under this sys
tenn quite a number Of persons &c
TO see the President, who under pre-
yious arrangements would have foun
il difficult II not impossible 10 do 9
except through the Intervention OF
member Of Congress. Then, upt
the advent Of warm weather, Nj
Cleveland holds three afternoon pull
lie receptions 4 week, lasting iroi
100 to 2 o'clock, which are mostl
availed Of by tourists and stranger
In all this he shows he recogDiz,
himself as President Of the people
Mondays are usually reserved
the President for Cabinet officer
and il is seldom that he receives At
other callers on these days. III
Cabinet members have also the pri,
ilege OF calling upon the Presidel
at any other time, and are always r
ceived. Tuesdays and Thursdays,
noon, the regular meetings OF Il
Cabinet are held. These meetinI
are generally PROLONGED until abol
3o'clock. The deliberations on the
occasions are not OF the precis
formal character generally appr
hended, but partake rather OF d
easy conversational style. There
nothing like aset speech, and IL
not the custom 10 take votes on Al
question. The President sits,
- course, at the head Of the table. 1
opens the PROCEEDINGS by Tresentil
such matters as he is DESTROYS Of o
tanning an expression OF opini
upon. After everything present
BY the President has been discusse
the Secretary OF State follows wi
his budget, and the other Cabin
officers follow ia the order Of prec
dence, the Attorney G eneral conf
last, as the Department Of JUST
was the last to be created.
At2 o'clock every afternoon, or
soon thereafter as ho is disengag,
the President takes a light lunc
From the lunch table he goes ba
TO his Office and remains until
o'clock, working literally with
sleeves rolled up, disposing OF I
matters which have accumulated
ring the morning hours. DUR
these hours no visitors whatever I
received unless they have 4 previo
special appointment Cabinet Office
as above mentioned, being an exec
ton. At 8 o'clock the Preside
accompanied BY Mrs. Cleveland, tai
A drire, usually going out 10 o
View, sometimes returning In Iii
for Z o'clock dinner at the VIII
House. The evenings are almost
variably spent by the President
his desk. He never retires bef,
midnight. and more often than 9th,
wise the hour is later. There
scarcely ever a day so dull that
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